The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1932, Page 8

<o r8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932, SOME FARMERS NEED NO RELIE T2VISIT JUNEAU Steamship g\ilfa ska Calls| with Tillers of Soil Among Tourists need a of 72 p don't A party ed of men, woi nen and s connected with the industry in Pennsyl- v, Delaware, Mary- a pleasure voyage 1n Sout waters on the steamship Alaska, which arrived in Junead from Seattle this morning enjo; and left for Skagway this noon. The tillers of the soil are partici- pating in an excursion organized under auspices of the Penn nia Farmer, one of the publications cwned by United States Senator Arthur Capper, Republican of Kau- | sas, who is a foremost advocate of m relief legislation. Route From East rty came West over thv ania, Burlington and North- Pacific railroad lines, making in Yellowstone Park, Yakima ern visit Valley in Washington, Seattle a Victoria. In returning home the tourists will travel over the Canad ian Pacific to Winnipeg, the Nortn- ern Pacific to St. Paul, the Burling- | ton to Chicago and the Penn- sylvania to the Atlantic seaboard. Accompanying the party are C L. White, representing the Penn- sylvania Farmer, and Stuart, City Passenger Agent in Pittsburgh of the Pennsylvania| Railrcad. K. D. Mackenzie, Dis- trict Passenger Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company, with head- quarters in Seattle, is also aboard the Alaska, making the round trip and giving attention to the voyag-| ers from the East. “The majority of the member. of our party is from Pennsylvania," Mr. White asid. “Farms there re- turn profits to owners despite th cconomic depression. Large mar- | kets are close at hand, so there is TONIGHT ELKS Ball Room BIG DANCE N ETAZEIE®Y The Popular Dance Band playing the Latest Dance Num- bers at ELKS’ BALL ROOM SATURDAY NIGHT alC In Texas Virginia and Ohio are | Frank W.| [ | passengers disembarked here, name- | Sergeant Major Is Killed “Front” TWO SEAPLANES FROM THIS CITY FLY T0 SEATTLE Adams CrmReturns to South and Chichagof Be Back Monday Smokey EL PASO, Tex, Aug. 6— Sergeant Major Smokey is dead. The widely known dog mas- cot of the First Signal Troop at Fort Bliss, dragged himself in to headquarters, suffering | from a bullet wound. | The pick of the veterinar- | ians failed to save his life. “Death from gunshot wounds at the hands of persons un- known,” was the verdict of Enroute to Seattle, the seaplane the investigating board. owned by Gaylord Adams, finan- Smokey rose fo his high |cier of the Gray's Harbor district | rank from grades of private, |of Washington, departed yesterday | corporal and sergeant. from Juneau. The aircraft came He “enlisted” in Troop 1923, |north about a month ago. Returning with the plane to Seat'le are the pilot, David Bunch, the owner and the latter's son, K. Adams. three years ago. | The Colonel commanding the troops signed the official war- rant giving him the rank of | Scrgeant Major, the highest Passengers For Ketchikan | in the service. Passengers on the plane from | Smokey proudly wore the |here to Ketchikan were J. B. chevrons and drilled daily. Warrack, of the Warrack Con- He will be buried with full struction Company, and Dr. W. military honors. E. Peterson, of the Alaska Board o AT of Dental Examiners. ready sale for food commodities. The seaplane Chichagof, Pilot All Are Real Farmers Anscel Eckmann and Mechanic wyes: all members of our party|Gordon Graham, left Ketchikan are really attached to the sofl,|today for Seattle, according to ad- |making their livellhoods from it.|Vices recelved by A. B. Hayes, I‘hr\ are not stock brokers or Juneau representative of the Al- wkers, who often regard them-|8Ska Airways, which operate the selves as farmers because they own |Chickagof. Left Several Days Ago The seaplane left here several days ago to take H. B. Friele and E. Buschmann of the Naket Pack- ing Company on a patrol of the company's fish trap and canneries in Southeast Alaska. The Chichagof is scheduled to return to Juneau Monday. extensive and country places.” Besides the farmer touring par- ty the Alaska has 62 other round- trip excursionists. Enroute here, expensive the vessel stopped }u' Taku Glacier. The natural won- |der performed in fine style. Huge chunks of ice fell into the wate, ausing waves to rock the skip S 5 AR ently The forenoon in Juneau was marked by a cloudless sky and a warm sun and was greatly enjoyed y the tourists. One hundred and five of them motored to Menden- | hall Glacier. ALEUTIAN HAS 14 PASSENGERS FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, Aug. 6. — Steamer Lots of Perishables The steamship Alaska, Capt. C. V. Westerlund and Purser David Doran, on reaching the harbor ab 5:30 this morning moored to the|Aleutian sails at 5 o'clock tbls City Dock. She put off a large afternoon for Alaska ports with 73 passengers booked, including the quantity of freight, which included following for Juneau: numerous shipments of fresh fruits and green vegetables. These were Dr. W. B. McAuliffe, John W. \given quick discharge, and mer-|Troy, H. W. Dow, F. C. Gibson, |chants were able to have the|B. L. Kerns, Mrs. J. E. Drain, Ly- man S. Peack, W. M. Beach and wife, M McAbson and wife, Mrs. M. V. Gray, F. W. Dupace, Anna From the City Dock, ‘Ward. onded ca o ana en returned to| HALIBUT PRICES ‘ DROP AT SEATTLE perishables on display at the open- ing of business for the Saturday trade. the vessel the municipal wharf here The Alaska will be back in Ju- neau from Lynn Canal at 4 o'clock SELTTLE, Aug. 6—The Havana |Monday morning and will sail on |veturn to Seattle by way of Sitka [arrived today from the western five hours later. halibut ganks with 54,000 pounds of fish and sold for 3 and 4% cents. The Addington brought in 1y 34000 pounds and sold for 3 and From Seattle—Mr. and Mrs. W.|[4% cents. The Ithonia brought N. Beach. 25,000 pounds and sold for 3 and From Southeast Alaska ports—|4% cents a pound. Mrs. P. Nordstrom, L. M. Carrigan, Arrivals from the local halibut 0. Johnson, E. H. Clifford. banks were Ethel S with 27,000 Persons who embarked at this|pounds, selling for 3 and 5% city for Lynn Canal ports were: cents a pound; Blanco with 15,000 For Haines—George Gilbertson. |pounds, selling for 3 and 5 cents, For Skagway—Mr. and Mrs. P.|and Velero with 7,500 pounds, sell- R. Kolbe, Mr. and Mrs. George|ing for 3 and 4% cents a pound. W. Taylor, Mrs. Edith Sheelor, —_—to—— H. L. Faulkner, M. H. Sabin, E.MARK SABIN TO VISIT | Connor. TOWNS, INTERIOR ALASKA From ports ot the south, six| — e HIRSCHBERG, Germany, Aug. 6.—As the annual convention of Silesian chimney sweeps, it was | reported that students from a number of schools had applied for apprenticeships in the “black men’s league.” BUY FLOUR NOW $1.30 Mark H. Sabin was an outgo- ing passenger on the steamer Al- aska today northbound. He will make a leisurely tour of the In- terior towns and expects to re- turn to Juneau about the latter end of this month. 49-POUND BAGS (A good baking flour) At GARNICK’S-Phone 174 THE VOSS Electric Washing Machine $57.50 Delivered any place in Juneau or Douglas Compare the price with that of similar articles sold by mail-order houses » And rem®mber this is a darn good washer and it’s guaranteed as such Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. JUNEAU—Phone 6 DOUGLAS—Phone 18 Edison Mazda Lamps—the Smndard of Comparison TS “Truth Serum” To Be Used to Clear Up Mystery GASBOAT BLAST BADLY INJURES KODIAK SEAMAN CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—Investi- gators may use the “truth ser- um” on Dr. William O'Brien in an effort to clear the mys- | tery of the death of his wife, | Vera O'Brien, last Monday, by | poisoning. | The doctor has been held | since last Wednesday. The theory is that his senses have been dulled by drug. The doctor apparently answers all questions truthfully insisting that his wife killed herself. POWERS FINDS VICTORY SURE FOR DEMOCRATS (Continuea from Page One) Craft Ida Captained by John A. Neimo In an explosion on a gasboat while moored at the dock at Ko- |aiak last Wednesday, Arnet Olsen, ,n seaman aboard the craft, was ‘bndly burned, according to advices |received today at the United States |Customs headquarters in Juneau |from United States Commissioner |Waller at Kodiak. The injured man was taken to Seward and is a |patient in the marine ward of the | hospital there. ~| The boat on which the accidert happened is named the Ida. There 1 adopted by the convention, mak up 2 combination that is gener |are several craft documented in ally regarded as unbeatable,” M:. Alaska under that name. The Powers declared. captain of the Kodiak vessel is John A. Neimo. Will Carry Coast e Mr. Powers returned to the west via Coiorado, where he visited Den- ver, and then spent several weeks in California visiting friends and | FISHERMEN BRING IN 5,400 COHOES relatives. He was in San Fran-| cisco several days and about a| _Fiv2 thousand, four hundred week 1 Seattle. ‘rwh were received today in Ju- “I was told by many people Ineau. Virtually all of them were Democrats and Republicans alike, |°0hoes. that {he Democratic ticket “‘_g, The Sadie, Capt. Sandy Stevens, carry ‘Washington, Oregon, and | Prought ' 1400; the Wison, ‘Capt California by substantial majori- yF Swanson, 3,000, both catches ties. And the sentiment I was, !being purchased by the Juneau able to observe was all in its,Cold Storage Company, and the favor. There was a general apa |Thlinket, ‘Capt. James Martin, about the Republican ticket nnd 1,000, bought by E. E. Engstrom, the party’s indecisive and uncer- !representative of the Sebastian- tain platform that was in striking Stuars Fish Company of Seattle. contrast to the erthusiasm shown! All the fish will go into the for the Democratic ticket i |freezers of the Cold Storage Com- platform,” he declared. | pany. Interior is Democratic Not only will this be a Demo-| cratic year in the States, it will also be one in Alaska, it is Mr.| Powers' firm belief. Interior Alas-| ka, refused relief in several im-| portant _issues under the chub'_.] In a heavy fog at 6 o'clock yes- can regime, will vote the Demo- terday morning the motorship North cratic local ticket almost solidly, Star, Capt. S. T. L. Whitlam, of he declared. {the Alaska Division of the Bureai “The upper Yukon River settle-|of Indian Affairs, went ashore on ments are strongly Democratic this Lemesurier Island in Icy Strait, vear, and their attitude is gmv'accnrdmg to advices received in erally common to the Interior and |Juneau today. She refloated her- anc e — NORTH STAR GOES ASHORE ;NO DAMAGE Alaska railroad regions,” he as- self at high tide at 2 o'cleck yes- serted. “If Southeast and other terday afternoon. Apparently she coastal sections of the Tesritory Was not damaged, and she proceed- are i: the same mood, a record- ed westward. breaking Democratic vote will )x\ The North Star was in Juneau cast in the Territorial elections this week, having arrived from Se- next November.” |attle. Her present cruise will take R sy TR {her as far north as Point Barrow CONNOR GOES TO SKAGWAY |and will last until November. She {went into Icy Strait to put off E. Connor left Juneau today or|school teachers and Indian Bureau a business trip to Skag\my upphcs at Hoonah. II||||||||Illll|||||||||||l||IllllHlmlmlmlllllll||||||||||||||||||"||||||||||||||||||||h Juneau Dairy THE PERFECT ESSERT How delicious! Its full rich flavor . . . its smooth consisteney . . . its refreshing cool- ness—small wonder JUNEAU DAIRY ice cream is called the “perfect dessert.” When you are in a quandary as to the kind of dessert you are going to serve for an elaborate repast or your family dmner, just remember that JUNEAU PAIRY ice cream will solve your problem most happil: the flavors you like. o ppily. In Juneau Dairy MILK, BUTTERMILK, CREAM and SKIMMED MILK We sell skimmed milk at the dairy for 10 cents a gallon if you call and bring your pail. TELEPHONE 145"~ =~ z 2 - H 'lllllllilllllllllllIIIIIlIIIlIIIlllllIIIIfllllllllflllIllIIlIIIIlIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll'? Arnet Olsem Burned on LU T CHEVY TRUCKS ARE DELIVERED TOGOVERNMENT Model Cars Added to P. O. Service DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 6—First of a fleet of 550 post office trucks complete with bodies, recently con- tracwed for by the Federal Govern- Company, were delivered July 15, Cherolet officials announced here today. This contract, one of many awarded Chevrolet by users of| large commercigl fleets brings the volume of this type of business for the first six months of the year considerably ahead of any and general sales manager. the 550 units, than $250,000 in new business, to be standard post with a gross load-carrying capacity ped with a standard mail truck cubic feet. nounced awarding of the contract to Chevrolet early last June fol- lowing comparative of other cars in the same general price. lével. The trucks delivered follows: Boston, 68; Brooklyn, 40; Buf- falo, 21; Chicago, 156; Cincinnati, 6; Cleveland, 20; Dallas, 3; De- troit, 49; Grand Rapids, 1; In- dianapolis, 21; Jacksonville, 3; Mil- waukee, 12; Minneapolis, 12; New York 40; Omaha, 18; Philadelphia 40; St. Louis, 30, and St. Paul, 10. COUNCIL BUSINESS LIMITED TO ROUTINE Payment of bills was the only action taken last evening at the regular meeting in the Municipal Hall of the Mayor and members of the City Council. There was general discussion of the progress of street work being done by the city and of pipe re- newals being made by the Juneau Water Company. - ENROUTE TO EAGLE Mr. and Mrs. George W. Taylor were outgoing passengers today on the steamship Alaska for Skagway. They are on their way to Eagle, where Mr. Taylor will take up his duties as Game Warden. .- MRS. GRAY COMING Mrs. M. V .Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stevens, is a passenger aboard the Aleutian leaving Seattle today, for a visit with her parents and scores cf friends in Juneau. 1 T | WE HAVE IT | at the Right Price ' Harris Hardware Co. | Lower Front Street I . Five Hund—r_e_d and Fifty| ment with the Cherolet Motor, previous six month period, accord- | ing to H. J. Klingler, viee-presldent’ The federal conffact called for | representing more ' office trucks, | of not less than 4,200 pounds, equip- | body having a capacity of 200, Posiaster General Brown an-| Gen. Coxey Is Hustling For Votes Opens Spea—l‘(;n—g Campaign —Hits Both Hoover i and Roosevelt UNITED STATES PASSES CRISIS IN DEPRESSION LONDON, Aug. 6.—The Econ- omist, one of Great Britain’s fore- most economic and financial au- thorities, in the issue today, said it was believed the crisis of do- pression in the United States is passed. “It would be rash to predict that America is yet within sight of general economic recovery, never- theless there is reason to believc that the Giant of the West has passed the sickness of the crisis of the spring and summer. Hoard- ing has been checked and the banking position salvaged. The peo- ple are steadied.” Indications are the worst is over throughout the world, concludes the Economist. % ———————— OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 6.—Mount- ing a box at a packing plant here, 1“General” Jacob 8. Coxey, yester- ,day started his speaking campaign jas the Presidential nominee of the ‘Farmer -Labor Party. Coxey told 100 laborers, as they 'ate their lunch, that the only way 'to save the country is to “go Farmer-Labor from the President down.” Coxey criticised President Hoov- er’s treatment of the bonus march- ers and sald Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt was throwing a smoke ,screen to hide the real issues. . INSPECT! i ECTORS HERE MONDAY |pAyuLKNER GOES 10 SKAGWAY John Newmarker and Capt. J. M. Clark of the United States Steam-| Attorney H. L. Faulkner left to- |boat Inspection Service, and Clerk (d8y for Skagway on a business LeRoy Vestal will return to Juneau |tri>. He expects to return here {Monday on the steamship Yukon|Monday. from official visits to Westward "re Old papers ror sale at Empiry Office. ON ICE Ginger Ale, Lime Rickey, Grapefruit Dry, Alaska Dry, COCA COLA, SODA WATER—AIl Flavors and WATERMELONS GEORGE BROTHERS PHONES 92—95 5 Famt Deliveries Store Closes at 11 o’Clock Tonight ileader Dept. Store': (GEORGE BROTHERS) Due to MASS PLUMBING - “We tell The World’s Finest OIL. BURNERS For Homes this wonderful full automatic Oil Burner com- plete installed with 16-barrel fuel oil tank for Made by the world’s largest oil burner company : --Underwriters’ Label-- Absolutely Guaranteed Satisfactory Rice & Ahlers Co. PRODUCTION we are able to sell $350.00 or MONEY BACK HEATING /SHEET METAL - you in advance what job will cost” - e o B EHOT PEE BTG T ad gw-go T TREERYT 2 G FEBe@? FPEBRCBATTRP AR Y 'x 'Y